Shoe polish



Patented Apr. 24, 1923.

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JULIUS H. T. OLSEN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

SHOE rouse;

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ents of which the polish is comprised of, of

coming Or rubbing off.

Another object of my invention is to provide as an article of manufacture, a polish which when applied particularly to the surface oft a white shoe, assumes a snow white color and when dry will not rub or come off.

These and other objects are attained by the novel combination of ingredients here inafter described.

At the present time shoe polish is composed of such ingredients that after being i applied to the surface of a white shoe and permitted to dry, presents a coating, which on account of its unbonded state, readily comes olt, so that when anything, for instance, an article of clothing comes slightly in contact with the surface of the shoe the coating rubs or comes off and transfers onto the article. The smooth coating which e);- isted on the surface of the shoe is by such contact removed and the article of clothing becomes soiled.

I have found by introducing a gummy or other similar binding substance in the mixture, forming the white polish, the new mixture formed when applied and allowed to dry will not come or rub off from the sur- Application filed December 3, 1921. Serial No. 519,657.

face of the shoe and will cause a white smoothpreserved coating to be formed on the surface. 7

In making up the mixture I preferably use gum arabic, dissolved in water as a binder, and zinc white as the base. I have found that by dissolving two ounces of gum arabic in two quarts of water and adding to this three-quarter of a pound of zinc white, a mixture is obtained which when applied and allowed to dry, produces a snow white coating which will not come off.

Be it understood that I do not confine myself to any particular base for by using the proper base a shoe polish can be produced which will be particularly adapted for black,- tan or any other color shoe, and I do not confine myseli to the specific proportions men tioned above, and although I preferably use gum arabic as a binder, any other gummy or viscous material may be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A white shoe polish consisting of a viscous binder, and zinc white mixed there- ,with.

2.-A white shoe polish consisting ot dissolved gum arabic, and zinc white mixed therewith.

3. A shoe polish consisting of an admire ture of gum arabic, zinc white and a coloring material.

4. A white shoe polish consisting sul stantially oftwo ounces of gum arabic dissolved in two quarts of water, mixed with 12 ounces of zinc white.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 31st day of October, 1921.

JULIUs H. T. OLSEN. 

